William gregg chisolm



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TRANSFERRING DEVICE FOR KNITTING MAGHINBS.

No. 571,554. Patented Nov; 1'7, 1896.

J% zwu UNITED STATES PATENT Crricn.

XVILLIAM GREGG CHISOLM, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO T. L. DODD, OF SAME PLACE.

TRANSFERRING DEVICE FOR KNlTTlNG-MACl-HNES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 571,554, datedNovember 17, 1896.

Application filed June 6, 1896. Serial No. 594,551. (No model.)

To all 1072 0122, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM GREGG CHIS- OLM, a resident of Charleston,in the county of Charleston and State of South Carolina, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in 'lransferring Devices forKnitting-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to transferring devices for knitting-machines.

lleretofore it has been the practice in knittin g certain kinds of goods(such as stockings) to knit a portion on one machine and then transferthe partially-knit article to another machine for completing it. It hasbeen proposed to accomplish this transfer of the fabric by means of aseries of grooved reeds or points held by a suitable base or block, saidreeds or points corresponding in number with the needles of themachines. There is a strong liability of some of the stitches slippingoff the reeds or points as heretofore constructed, thus necessitatingconsiderable loss of time in picking up the dropped stitches and gettingthem back onto the transfer-points.

The object of my invention is to provide transfer devices which shall beso constructed as to prevent the stitches from slipping off of the samewhile the fabric is being raveled out down to the proper course afterthe stitches are on the transfer-points, thus resulting in aconsiderable saving of time in effecting the transfer, reducing the costthereof, and improving the quality of the work.

A further object is to construct transfer devices for knitting-machineswhich shall be simple, easy to manipulate, and effectual in all respectsin the performance of their functions.

With these objects in view the invention consists in a transfer reed orpoint for knitting-machines having a hook at its free end.

The invention further consists in a transfer reed or point having aprotected hook at its free end.

The invention further consists in a grooved transfer-reed having a hookat its pointed eX- treniity.

The invention further consists in the combination, with a transfer reedor point, of a hook at the free extremity thereof, and a pivoted latchadapted to engage the free end of said hook; and the invcn tion furtherconsists in certain novel features of construction and combinations andarrangements of parts, as

hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view showing my improvedtransferring device rcady for use. Fig. 2 is a detail view of one of thereeds or points, showing the position of the latch when the device isready to receive the stitch of the fabric. Fig. 3 is a detail view ofone of the reeds or points when the stitch of the fabric is to bedischarged from the device. Fig. a is an enlarged detail view of one ofthe reeds.

A represents a suitable block or base, to which an annular series ofreeds B are secured, said reeds corresponding in number with the needlesof the knitting-machine in connection with which my improvements are tobe employed, and each reed is made with a longitudinal groove a for thereception of the needles of the knitting-machine, and also, preferably,with a pointed end Z), whereby to permit said reeds to readily enter thestitches of the fabric.

Each reed 13 is provided on its back, at the pointed end thereof, with ahook Z) for preventing the accident-al escape of the fabric from thereeds. The back of each reed is also provided with flanges 0, betweenwhich a latch dis pivotally attached, the free end of said latch beingmade with a recessed head or end 6 for the reception of the free end ofthe hook I).

In using the device it will be placed on the needles of aknitting-machine in the usual manner and the stitches will be moved backon the reeds past the ends of the latches, as shown in Fig. 2. Thefabric will 11 ow be pulled off the reeds, and in the act of so doingthe stitches will engage the latches and turn them, so as to cause themto cover the points of the books 5 and thus be permitted to move freelyoff of the reeds onto the needles of the knitting-machine.

My improvements will prevent the stitches from coming off of the reedsand thus save considerable time in doing the work of transferring andnecessarily reduce the cost, and

its scope and hence I do not wish to limit.-

myself to the precise details of construction herein set forth.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A transfer-reed having a groove in one side adapted to receive theneedle of a knitting-machine and a hook projecting from the freeextremity of the reed at the opposite side thereof from the groove,substantially as set forth.

2. A transfer-reed having a longitudinal groove in one side and alatched hook on the opposite side, substantially as set forth.

3. In a transferring device for knitting-machines, the combination witha grooved reed adapted to receive a needle 0f the knittingmachine, ahook at the free end of said reed, flanges on said reed,'and a latchpivoted between said flanges and adapted to protect the end of the hookso as to permit the fabric to be. moved freely off of said reed,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

YVILLIAM GREGG CHISOLM.

Witnesses L. R. FITZSIMONS, JNo. T. RAFFERTY.

